Other books in the Soul Surfer Series: Soul Surfer Bible Nonfiction: Ask Bethany—FAQs: Surfing, Faith & Friends Fiction: Clash (Book One) Burned (Book Two) Storm (Book Three) Crunch (Book Four) ZONDERVAN www.zonderkidz.com Rise Above Copyright © 2007 by Bethany Hamilton All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non- exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on- screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of Zondervan. ePub Edition August 2009 ISBN: 978-0-310-86673-2 Requests for information should be addressed to: Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hamilton, Bethany. Rise above : a 90-day devotional / written by Bethany Hamilton with Doris Rikkers. p. cm.—(Soul surfer series) ISBN-13: 978-0-31071226-8 (softcover) ISBN-10: 0-310-71226-2 (softcover) 1. Girls—Religious life. 2. Girls—Prayer-books and devotions—English. 3. Aviation in missionary work. I. Title. BV4551.3.H36 2007 242’.62—dc22 2006029321 All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All Rights Reserved. Scripture quotations marked are taken from THE MESSAGE. Copyright © by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation. Copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189 USA. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, reco rding, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Zonderkidz is a trademark of Zondervan Interior design: Christine Orejuela-Winkelman Art direction and cover design: Merit Alderink Contents Title Page Copyright Page About Bethany 1 Big Plans Ahead 2 Rock Solid Foundation 3 Faithful Friends 4 Who? Me? 5 No Fear 6 Close to Paradise 7 Being Creative 8 Music to My Ears 9 Caring for Others 10 Winning and Losing 11 A Prayer for Help 12 Passion Fruit 13 Morning Wake Up 14 Waiting for My Prince 15 Walking on Water 16 Never Too Young 17 Keep Focused 18 God’s Beautiful Creation 19 Talent Show 20 What Should I Wear? 21 Keep Smiling! 22 What’s Your Story? 23 Every Place Is an Adventure 24 Taking the Blame 25 A Winning Prayer 26 Twisting the Facts 27 Doing the Impossible 28 I Believe 29 Mirror Images 30 Outpouring of Aloha 31 Lasting Happiness 32 God Tired? Not! 33 Service Center 34 What a Thrill! 35 For This I’m Thankful 36 Our Own Personal Cheerleader 37 We’ve Got Trouble 38 Dream a Little Dream 39 Getting an A for Attitude 40 Raindrops Keep Falling 41 How Strong Is God? 42 Popularity Isn’t All That 43 Shine On 44 And You Are? 45 Take Time for God 46 Why Me? 47 Teeming Millions 48 Lots of Little Presents 49 Lots of Courage 50 Don’t Just Believe It … Do It! 51 Jesus Is My Every Day 52 Don’t Stress Out! 53 Running from God 54 Looking at the Inside 55 Oh, Yes You Can 56 The Best of Friends 57 Being a Winner 58 Living Temples 59 Speak Up 60 It’s a Bummer 61 Sweet Sleeping 62 Good to the Finish 63 Something to Brag About 64 The Problem Fixer 65 Brain Food: No Junk Allowed 66 The Guilt Dumpster 67 Laugh a Lot
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